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No. 378.053.- L Patented Feb.'14, 1888.

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w/r/VESSES ATTORNEYS.

NITED STATES l PATENT Orsi-cn. 'Y *v LEWIS C. HOPKINS, OF BROOKLYN, ASSIGNOR TO THE DR. JAEGERS SA`NI vIARY WOOLEN SYSTEM COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

sraAlvlLess- UNDER-GARMENT.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 378,053I dated February 14. 1888.

Application filed November 17, 1887. Serial No. 255,418.

- To all whom, it my concern:

Be it known that I,`LEWIS C. HOPKINS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of New '5 York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Seamless Under-Garments, of which the following is a specitication.

This invention relates to a seamlessy undergarment which is intended to cover the entire lo abdominalandlumbar regions,thehips,groin s, and the adjacent parts, including the thighs and upper portion of the legs. e The invention is more particularly vset forth in the following description and claim, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings,

in which- Figure 1 is a front elevation of the garment, and Fig. 2 is a rear elevation. Fig. 3 is a crosssection on the line x .fr of Fig. 2, looking in the 2o direction of the arrow. Fig. 4 isasimilar section of the garment when worn.

The letter A designates the entire garment, which in the example shown is o f knitted fabric; but I do 'not'limit myself to any special `kind of fabric. The upper end of the garment terminates in an elastic waistband, B, below which the gai-men t increases in diameter, forming the part C, which is intended to cover the hips, and which, extends downward to the ref 3o cess D, where the thigh-pieces E E take their start, terminating at the bottom of the garment in t-he elasticthighbands FIF. T-he inner sides of the thigh-pieces E E are extended on'tlieir inner'and rear parts so as to form hollow lobes G G, intended to receive the posteriors of the wearer. `The recess D is of greater (No mode1.)

lengthl on the rear side of the garment than on the front side, and is of such width and extent as will allow the wearer to attend to the calls of nature without hinderancefromthegarment. 4o

The garment covers and protects `the abdominal and lumbar regions, the hips, groins, posteriorvs, and thighs of the wearer, the construction and arrangement of parts being such `as t0 avoid unduestrains on them and obtain 45 uniformity of pressure over the entire area of contact of the garment with the body, the pof sition and character of the recess D and of the hollow lobesG being such as to permit that the garment be retained in situ at thepleas- '5o ure ofl the wearer without-the necessityof re-v moval when obeying the calls of nature, thus avoiding the liability of taking cold-from ex-A posure on such occasions.

WhatI claim as new, and by Letters Patent, is-.

A4As a new article of manufacture, aseamless under-garment provided with an unbroken elastic waistband, a body intended to embrace the hips and the abdominal and lumbar regions, the recess'D, and thigh-pieces provided on theirinner and rear sides with hollow lobes desi rc to obtain VGr and terminating in elastic thigh-bauds, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have -hereunto set my hand and seal in the presence of two subscribingwitnesses.

LEWIS C. HOPKINS. L. s]

vWitnesses:

` W. C. HAUFF,

E. F. KASTENHUBER. 

